Baltasar Gracian

He that communicates his secret to another makes himself that other's slave. ↗

— Baltasar Gracian

#another #communicates #himself #his #makes

Hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one. ↗

— Baltasar Gracian

#bad one #good #good memory #gratitude #hope

Let the first impulse pass, wait for the second. ↗

— Baltasar Gracian

#impulse #pass #second #wait

Quit while you're ahead. All the best gamblers do. ↗

— Baltasar Gracian

#best #gamblers #quit #while #you

A bad manner spoils everything, even reason and justice; a good one supplies everything, gilds a No, sweetens a truth, and adds a touch of beauty to old age itself. ↗

— Baltasar Gracian

#age #bad #beauty #even #everything

Advice is sometimes transmitted more successfully through a joke than grave teaching. ↗

— Baltasar Gracian

#advice #grave #joke #more #sometimes

Aspire rather to be a hero than merely appear one. ↗

— Baltasar Gracian

#aspire #hero #merely #rather #than

Fortune pays you sometimes for the intensity of her favors by the shortness of their duration. She soon tires of carrying any one long on her shoulders. ↗

— Baltasar Gracian

#carrying #duration #favors #fortune #her

It is a great piece of skill to know how to guide your luck even while waiting for it. ↗

— Baltasar Gracian

#great #great piece #guide #how #know

Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong. ↗

— Baltasar Gracian

#anything #everything #never #temper #will